BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES There is no literature consensus about the time of airway occlusion sufficient enough to get a true PImax during weaning from mechanical ventilation (MV). So, the main objectives of the present study were to compare two methods PImax measurement and to evaluate the influence of patients' level of conscience on them. METHODS The population was composed by 28 general I...

The coupling of the art of healing with the method of scientific investigation for medical research in human beings causes many profound questions to leap into the minds of those whose consciences have been shaped within democratic and religious institutions. Many medical investigators who have carried out research in human subjects have attempted to describe the professional-ethical conditions...

We tested whether individual differences in a component of early conscience mediated relations between parental discipline and externalizing behavior problems in 238 3.5-year-olds. Parents contributed assessments of discipline practices and child moral regulation. Observations of children's behavioral restraint supplemented parental reports. Parents and teachers reported on child externalizing ...